History of Progress
Selected U.S. Papers in Geotechnical Engineering
Edited by W. Allen Marr
Geotechnical Special Publications (GSP) 118
2002 / 2 vols. / 2326 pp.
Soft Cover - In Stock
$384.00 List / $288.00ASCE Member
Stock No. 40656 / ISBN: 9780784406564
Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE
This collection of 78 historical papers provides a wide view of the rich
body of literature that documents the development of fundamental
concepts geotechnical engineering and their application to practical problems. From the highly
theoretical to the elegantly practical, the papers in
this one-of-a-kind collection are significant for their
contributions to the geotechnical engineering literature. Among the writings of more than 60 geotechnical engineering pioneers are several by Karl Terzaghi, widely known as the father
of soil mechanics, R.R. Proctor, Arthur Casagrande,
and Ralph Peck.Many of these
papers contain information as useful today as when they were first
written. Others provide great insight into the origins and
development of the field and the thought processes of its leaders.